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Trump administration defends its get-tough trade policies

The Brownsville Herald 19 Oct 2019

Mnuchin said negotiations last week between the United States and China, the world's two biggest economies, had achieved "substantial progress" on phase one of a trade deal ... Three days of meetings among finance officials were wrapping up Saturday with discussions by the policy-setting committees of the 189-nation IMF and the World Bank....

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Global finance leaders hopeful for modest rebound in 2020

Federal News Radio 19 Oct 2019

... in remarks Saturday to the policy-setting committee of the International Monetary Fund. Mnuchin said negotiations last week between the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, had achieved “substantial progress” on phase one of a trade deal....

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Brexit deal 'good news' but global growth key for BoE rates too - Carney

Canada Dot Com 18 Oct 2019

31, more than three years after voters shocked investors and employers by opting to take the country out of the world’s biggest trading area ... He said the IMF had stressed the precarious nature of the world economy, which has prompted other central banks including the U.S....

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‘Big Four’ Firm Ernst & Young Launches Blockchain Tool to Forster Government Accountability

Crypto Economy 17 Oct 2019

It has been trialed across the world and most notably in the City of Toronto ... The biggest deterrent to effective policy implementation across the world has almost always been corruption and fund misappropriation and that is the use-case that EY was aiming to solve....

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Bankers accused of hypocrisy if they help list the world’s biggest climate polluter

Business Day 17 Oct 2019

“If you go ahead as lead co-ordinators in raising tens of billions of dollars for the world’s biggest climate polluter — funds that will be at the disposal of a government that continues to commit appalling human rights violations — it will be clear that your words of environmental and social concern are devoid of all sincerity,” the letter said....

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Copper dips after Chilean miner Antofagasta averts labor strike

Canada Dot Com 16 Oct 2019

SINGAPORE — Copper prices dipped on. Wednesday as supply fears eased after a leading Chilean producer ... the Sino-U.S. trade war. Antofagasta Minerals , one of the world’s top copper ... trade war between the world’s two biggest economies and also. major copper users. The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that the ... FUNDAMENTALS ... or....

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Copper prices ease after Chile's Antofagasta averts labor strike

Canada Dot Com 16 Oct 2019

SINGAPORE — Copper prices dipped on. Wednesday as Chile’s Antofagasta Minerals , one of the. world’s top copper producers, averted a labor strike at a ... for workers, Antofagasta said in a statement ... China, the world’s two biggest economies and also major copper. users. The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that the ... or....

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Focus: U.S. pension funds took positions in blacklisted Chinese surveillance company

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2019

BOSTON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest public pensions funds in the United States have invested in one of the world's largest purveyors of video surveillance systems that the U.S ... The New York State Common Fund, one of the country's biggest pension funds, liquidated its position months ago....

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U.S. pension funds took positions in blacklisted Chinese surveillance company

Canada Dot Com 15 Oct 2019

BOSTON — Some of the biggest public pensions funds in the United States have invested in one of the world’s largest purveyors of video surveillance systems that the U.S ... The New York State Common Fund, one of the country’s biggest pension funds, liquidated its position months ago....

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IMF warns there is 'limited ammunition' to fight recession

The Observer 15 Oct 2019

Most funds for IMF loans are provided by members via payments based on their position in the world economy, although the IMF can also borrow. Its decision-making also reflects members' relative influence.  The Fund, as it is known, is one of the world’s biggest holders of gold....

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Neil Woodford sacked as flagship Equity Income Fund to be shut

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2019

Neil Woodford, in a separate statement, firmly rejected the move to shut the fund and oust him as manager ... In choosing BlackRock, LFS said the company, the world's biggest asset manager, was "best placed to carry out this role due to its transition and investment management, trading and capital markets expertise and experience"....

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BlackRock profit slips 8% in Q3

Market Watch 15 Oct 2019

Investors increased the flood of cash flowing into money-management giant BlackRock Inc. in the last quarter ... The world's biggest money manager helped steer a revolution in financial markets with exchange-traded funds that trade rapidly and index funds that track markets cheaply....

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Pension and hedge funds push U.S. SEC to reconsider proxy adviser guidance

Canada Dot Com 15 Oct 2019

NEW YORK — Some of the world’s biggest pension funds and a prominent hedge fund are urging the U.S ... Florida’s state pension fund, the California Teachers Retirement System, hedge fund Elliott Management Corp, mutual fund firm Aberdeen Standard Investments and ......